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This text argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. The book suggests that in some countries the oppressors use the system to maintain a 'culture of silence'. Through the right kind of education, the book suggests, avoiding authoritarian teacher-pupil models and ...
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This text argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. The book suggests that in some countries the oppressors use the system to maintain a 'culture of silence'. Through the right kind of education, the book suggests, avoiding authoritarian teacher-pupil models and based on the actual experiences of students and on continual shared investigation, every human being, no matter how impoverished or illiterate, can develop a new awareness of self, and the right to be heard.
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VERY GOOD PLUS. NEW REVISED EDITION. Price is blackened out on rear cover. Red and black lettering to spine and front of glossy white covers. Clean, bright, solid. 164 pp followed by additional reading by Freire. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos. "This radical self-awareness is not only the task of workers in the Third World, but of people in this country as well, including those who in our advanced technological society have been or are being programmed into conformity and thus are essentially part of the "Culture of silence.", " (rear cover). This revised 20th anniversary edition represents a fresh expression of a work that will continue to stimulate and shape the thought of educators and citizens everywhere.

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